Research Catalog

Title

Child and youth misbehaviour in South Africa : a holistic approach / Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Sandra Joubert (editors)

Publication

Hatfield, Pretoria : Van Schaik, 2008.

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Additional Authors

• Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
• Joubert, Sandra Jeroma, 1948-

Description

xv, 240 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Crime and age
• Juvenile delinquency > South Africa
• Juvenile justice, Administration of > South Africa

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Youth misbehaviour: its nature, extent, related risk factors and explanations -- Introduction and terminology dilemma -- A historical perspective of the youth offender -- The nature and extent of child and youth misbehaviour in South Africa -- Criminogenic risk factors for youth offenders -- The sociomoral redirection of troubled youth -- Traditional theoretical explanations for youth misbehaviour -- Contemporary theoretical explanations for youth misbehaviour -- A historical review of approaches to understanding female youth misbehaviour -- Youth in contact with criminal justice -- The prevention and control of youth misbehaviour in South Africa -- Diversion programmes -- Juvenile offenders in South African criminal law -- Current policy and practice, and future prospects -- Evidence-based research pertaining to youth at risk -- Child trafficking in South Africa -- Child prostitution -- The impact of HIV/Aids on the participation of children in crime -- Concluding thoughts.

ISBN

• 9780627027475
• 0627027474

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library